Football ‘is ill’, warns Blatter

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has warned that “football is ill” — and claimed brawling Arsenal and Chelsea players tarnished the image of the game.

Blatter said the mass brawl in the Carling Cup final, and the even worse violence between Valencia and Inter Milan players in the Champions League, brought shame on football.

He said he would raise the issue at the next FIFA Congress in May.